Roden Law represents injured maritime workers in Charleston, South Carolina and throughout the Lowcountry — Mount Pleasant, Summerville, Goose Creek, and North Charleston. Maritime injuries are governed by federal law, not South Carolina’s ordinary injury statutes, so the rules, remedies, and deadlines are different from a typical car or slip-and-fall case. We handle every claim on a contingency fee basis: you pay nothing unless we win. Roden Law has recovered more than $300 million for injured clients across Georgia and South Carolina and holds a 4.9-star average from hundreds of client reviews. Call (843) 790-8999 for a free, confidential case review.
Why Choose Roden Law for a Charleston Maritime Injury Claim
The Port of Charleston is one of the busiest container ports in the United States, and maritime injury law is a specialized federal field that most personal-injury firms do not handle. What separates Roden Law is knowing which law applies to your job — the Jones Act, the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, or general maritime law — because that choice controls what you can recover. Our office at 127 King Street sits in downtown Charleston, minutes from the waterfront terminals where many of these injuries happen.
- No fee unless we win — free consultation and no out-of-pocket cost to pursue your claim.
- We identify the right federal remedy — Jones Act, LHWCA, or general maritime law, so no source of recovery is missed.
- Direct attorney involvement — you work with your attorney, not a rotating desk of case managers.
Maritime Injuries Around the Port of Charleston
Work on and around the water carries hazards that ordinary jobsites do not. The cases our attorneys handle in the Charleston harbor and along the I-526 corridor include:
- Longshore and dockworker injuries — crush injuries, falls, and equipment incidents loading and unloading vessels at the container terminals.
- Crew and vessel-worker injuries — seamen hurt aboard tugs, barges, and commercial vessels operating in the harbor and coastal waters.
- Slip, trip, and fall injuries on wet decks, gangways, and terminal surfaces.
- Cargo-handling and machinery injuries involving cranes, forklifts, and rigging.
Federal Maritime Law You Should Know
Maritime injuries are not governed by South Carolina’s three-year injury statute. Instead, several federal frameworks may apply. The Jones Act protects injured seamen — crew members of a vessel — and lets them sue their employer for negligence. The Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA) is a federal workers’-compensation system covering longshoremen, dockworkers, and harbor workers who load, unload, build, or repair vessels. General maritime law adds remedies such as maintenance and cure (medical care and living expenses while you recover) and unseaworthiness (a vessel owner’s duty to provide a reasonably safe ship). Each of these has its own filing deadline that differs from ordinary state-law cases, and those deadlines can be short — so it is important to call promptly rather than assume you have three years. Learn more from our South Carolina comparative negligence guide.
